THE LITANY,
OR GENERAL SUPPLICATION.
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¶ To be used after Morning Service, on
Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
O GOD the Father of Heaven; have mercy upon
us miserable sinners.
O God
the Father of Heaven; have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
O God the Son, Redeemer of the world; have
mercy upon us miserable sinners.
O God
the Son, Redeemer of the world; have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the
Father and the Son; have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
O God
the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Fatherland the Son; have mercy upon us
miserable sinners.
O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity,
three Persons and one God; have mercy upon us miserable sinners
O
holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one God; have mercy upon
us miserable sinners.
Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the
offences of our fore-fathers; neither take thou vengeance of our sins: spare us,
good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious
blood, and be not angry with us for ever.
Spare
us, good Lord.
From all evil and mischief; from sin; from
the crafts and assaults of the devil; from thy wrath, and from everlasting
damnation,
Good
Lord deliver us.
From all blindness of heart; from pride,
vain-glory, and hypocrisy; from envy, hatred, and malice, and all
uncharitableness,
Good
Lord, deliver us.
From all inordinate and sinful affections;
and from all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil,
Good
Lord, deliver us.
From lightning and tempest; from plague,
pestilence, and famine; from battle and murder, and from sudden death,
Good
Lord deliver us.
From all sedition, privy conspiracy, and
rebellion; from all false doctrine, heresy, and schism; from hardness of heart,
and contempt of thy Word and Commandment,
Good
Lord deliver us.
By the mystery of thy holy Incarnation; by
thy holy Nativity and Circumcision; by thy Baptism, Fasting, and Temptation,
Good
Lord, deliver us.
By thine Agony and Bloody Sweat; by thy
Cross and Passion; by thy precious Death and Burial; by thy glorious Resurrection
and Ascension; and by the coming of the Holy Ghost,
Good
Lord, deliver us.
In all time of our tribulation; in all time
of our prosperity; in the hour of death, and in the day our judgment,
Good
Lord, deliver us.
We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, O
Lord God; and that it may please thee to rule and govern thy holy Church
universal in the right way;
We
beseech thee lo hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to bless and
preserve all Christian Rulers and Magistrates, giving them grace to execute
justice, and to maintain truth;
We
beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to illuminate all
Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, with true knowledge and understanding of thy
Word; and that both by their preaching and living they may set it forth, and
show it accordingly;
We
beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to bless and keep
all thy people;
We
beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to give to all
nations unity, peace, and concord;
We
beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to give us an heart
to love and fear thee, and diligently to live after thy commandments;
We
beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to give to all thy
people increase of grace to hear meekly thy Word, and to receive it with pure
affection, and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit;
We
beseech thee to hear us good Lord.
That it may please thee to bring into the
way of truth all such as have erred, and are deceived;
We
beseech thee to hear us good Lord.
That it may please thee to strengthen such
as do stand; and to comfort and help the weak hearted; and to raise up those
who fall; and finally to beat down Satan under our feet;
We
beseech thee to hear us good Lord.
That it may please thee to succour, help,
and comfort, all who are in danger, necessity, and tribulation;
We
beseech thee to hear us good Lord.
That it may please thee to preserve all who
travel by land or by water; all women in the perils of childbirth, all sick
persons, and young children; and to show thy pity upon all prisoners and
captives;
We
beseech thee to hear us good Lord.
That it may please thee to defend, and provide
for, the fatherless children, and widows, and all who are desolate and
oppressed;
We
beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to have mercy upon
all men;
We beseech
thee to hear us good Lord.
That it may please thee to forgive our
enemies, persecutors, and slanderers, and to turn their hearts;
We
beseech thee to hear us good Lord.
That it may please thee to give and
preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth, so that in due time we may
enjoy them;
We
beseech thee to hear us good Lord.
That it may please thee to give us true
repentance; to forgive us all our sins, negligences, and ignorances; and to
endue us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit to amend our lives according to thy
holy Word;
We
beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us.
Son
of God, we beseech thee to hear us.
O Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of
the world;
Grant us thy peace.
O Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of
the world;
Have mercy upon us.
¶The Minister may, of his discretion, omit
all that follows, to the Prayer, "We humbly beseech thee, O Father,"
&c.
O
Christ, hear us.
O Christ, hear us.
Lord,
have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ,
have mercy upon us.
Christ have mercy upon us.
Lord,
have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
¶ Then shall the Minister, and the
People with him, say the Lord’s Prayer.
OUR Father,
who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on
earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our
trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into
temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen.
Minister. O
Lord, deal not with us according to our sins.
Answer.
Neither reward us according to our iniquities.
Let us pray.
O GOD, merciful Father, who despisest not the
sighing of a contrite heart, nor the desire of such as are sorrowful;
Mercifully assist our prayers which we make before thee in all our troubles and
adversities, whensoever they oppress us, and graciously hear us, that those
evils which the craft and subtilty of the devil or man worketh against us, may,
by thy good providence, be brought to nought; that we thy servants, being hurt
by no persecutions, may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
O
Lord arise help us and deliver us for thy Name’s sake.
O GOD we have heard with our ears, and our
fathers have declared unto us, the noble works that thou didst in their days,
and in the old time before them.
O
Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thine honour.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son, and
to the Holy Ghost;
Answer.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
From our enemies defend us O Christ.
Graciously
look upon our afflictions.
With pity behold the sorrows of our hearts.
Mercifully
forgive the sins of thy people.
Favourably with mercy hear our prayers.
O Son
of David have mercy upon us.
Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us, O
Christ.
Graciously
hear us O Christ; graciously hear us, O Lord Christ.
Minister,
O Lord, let thy mercy be showed upon us;
Answer.
As we do put our trust in thee.
Let us pray.
WE
humbly beseech thee, O Father, mercifully to look upon our infirmities; and,
for the glory of thy Name, turn from us all those evils that we most justly
have deserved; and grant, that in all our troubles we may put our whole trust
and confidence in thy mercy, and evermore serve thee in holiness and pureness
of living, to thy honour and glory; through our only Mediator and Advocate,
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
A GENERAL THANKSGIVING.
ALMIGHTY
God, Father of all mercies, we, thine unworthy servants, do give thee most
humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and lovingkindness to us, and to
all men. We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of
this life; but above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the
world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of
glory. And, we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that
our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful, and that we may show forth thy praise,
not only with our lips, but in our lives; by giving up ourselves to thy
service, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days;
through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all
honour and glory, world without end. Amen.
A PRAYER OF ST. CHRYSOSTOM.
ALMIGHTY
God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common
supplications unto thee; and dost promise that when two or three are gathered
together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests; Fulfill now, O Lord, the
desires and petitions of thy servants as may be most expedient for them;
granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life
everlasting. Amen.
2 Cor. xiii.14.
THE grace
of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy
Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.
Here endeth the Litany.
[Lee
Chapel, Order of Centurions, formatted based on an 1869 printing of the Prayer
Book]